El Dorado vs The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Which Should You Read?
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El Dorado
Baroness Orczy's classic adventure novel El Dorado is the sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel and was first published in 1913. Set in 1794's Paris - which "despite the horrors that had stained her walls - has remained a…
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The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
It was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of cruelty. They were to be…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- El Dorado has the widest readership — 1795 ratings behind its score.
- El Dorado runs the darker storyline; The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| El Dorado | The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (1795) | 3.9 (1719) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (57) |
Reception
| El Dorado | The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1795 | 1719 |
| Editions | 246 | 210 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1972 | 1765 |
| Reading it now | 139 | 225 |
| Written reviews | 186 | 109 |
| Wikipedia attention | 42535 | 258 |
| Pages | 238 | — |